Writing a final-year project can feel like too much at once. The Fundpeeps Academic Project Studio breaks it into small steps: topic, outline, writing, references, data analysis, checks and a Word file ready for your supervisor. This guide shows you how to use it from start to finish.
Free PDF guide: prefer to read offline? Download the 17-page step-by-step PDF guide. It has an example for every stage, a timetable and a final checklist.
Open the Academic Project Studio
What is the Academic Project Studio?
It is a free workspace for NCE, ND, HND, undergraduate and postgraduate students. It helps you organise your project and tells you honestly what still needs work. It is a helper, not a ghostwriter: AI suggestions are always shown for you to accept, edit or reject, and it only cites sources you add yourself.
Before you start: four things to know
- Your work stays in your browser. No account is needed. Use the same device and browser each time, and download a backup often.
- Real sources only. The Studio never invents references. Unsupported claims are marked [CITATION NEEDED].
- AI suggests, you decide. Always check and rewrite in your own words.
- Your supervisor has the final say. The readiness score is a checklist, not a grade prediction.
The 13 steps
Step 1. Create your project
Press Start a new project. Choose your level, institution, department, citation style (APA, Harvard, MLA, Chicago, IEEE, Vancouver or Custom) and chapter structure. The standard five-chapter layout suits most projects. Leave the topic blank if you have not decided yet.
Step 2. Find and confirm your topic
Open Topic and Problem. Use Suggest topics with AI if you need ideas, then write your statement of the problem, objectives and research questions. Each objective should match one question.
Example topic: The Effect of Mobile Money Adoption on the Monthly Income of Small Retail Traders in Ikeja, Lagos.
Show your supervisor and mark the topic approved only when they agree.
Step 3. Build your outline
Open Outline. Adjust chapters and headings, reorder them with the arrows, and press Open chapter to begin writing. Follow your department’s handbook if it differs from the template.
Step 4. Collect real sources
In Literature Library, search by key phrase, add useful papers, and press Verify to confirm they exist. Add textbooks by hand. Tag each source with the chapter it belongs to so your literature review is easier to write.
Step 5. Write your chapters
Open Write, pick a chapter and type under each heading. Press Cite to add in-text citations from your library. Use Save version before big changes. If you use the AI helper, treat its output as a draft to check and rewrite.
Step 6. Manage citations
The Citations screen formats every citation and reference in your chosen style and checks for sources you listed but never cited, or cited but never listed.
Step 7. Plan your methodology
In Methodology, choose your design and use the sample size calculator (Yamane, Cochran or Krejcie and Morgan). Example: population 1,200, margin of error 0.05, Yamane gives a sample of 300. One button inserts a ready paragraph into Chapter Three.
Step 8. Analyse your data
Put questionnaire answers in Excel or CSV, one row per respondent and one column per question. In Data Analyzer, import the file (for Excel, choose the sheet and the row with your column names), then create frequency tables, descriptive statistics, cross-tabulations and statistical tests. Insert the table and a short reading straight into your chapter. Your data is analysed in your browser and is not sent anywhere.
Step 9. Write Chapter Four
Under each table, say what it shows, state the main pattern with real figures, and link it to your objective. In the discussion, compare your results with your literature review.
Step 10. Run the evaluation
Evaluate checks structure, objectives, literature, method, analysis, referencing and presentation, and lists what to fix. It does not give a plagiarism percentage or an AI-detector score.
Step 11. Use your supervisor’s corrections
Paste feedback into Supervisor Corrections and split it into a to-do list. Work through each item and answer every comment.
Step 12. Practise for your defence
Defense Practice gives questions based on your own project. Practise answering aloud in two or three sentences.
Step 13. Format and export
In Format and Export, complete your title page, check the layout, and download your project as a Word file. Then press Download project backup and keep that file somewhere safe.
Common problems
- My project disappeared. Projects live in one browser on one device. Check you are not in a private window and use Restore from backup.
- My Excel file will not import. Save as .xlsx (not .xls), remove any password, keep it under 12 MB, or save the sheet as CSV.
- Search finds nothing. Use fewer, simpler keywords and remove the year filter.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Academic Project Studio free for students?
Fundpeeps students can use the Studio with their plan. Check the page for current access.
Does it write my project for me?
No. It guides and checks your work. AI suggestions need your review and your own words, and your school decides what AI help is allowed.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes, but projects are saved on the device you use. Download a backup if you want to continue elsewhere.
Ready? Open the Academic Project Studio or download the PDF guide to keep next to you while you work.
